Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Chinese Hero, sentence 18
In those days every prince had a wise man, or a group of wise men, about him to give him advice regarding the affairs of his kingdom.
Who acts: prince, advice · What happens: have, give, regard · To what, where: wise man, advice, prince, affairs
This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Chinese Hero. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, advice), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 days | case |
| 2 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 days | det |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 had | obl |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 8 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 man | amod |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 group | punct |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 group | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 group | det |
| 13 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 man | appos |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 men | case |
| 15 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 men | amod |
| 16 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 group | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 him | punct |
| 18 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 had | obl |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 give | mark |
| 21 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 had | advcl |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 give | iobj |
| 23 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 give | obj |
| 24 | regarding | regard | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 23 advice | acl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 affairs | det |
| 26 | affairs | affair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 regarding | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 kingdom | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 29 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 affairs | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | every prince | a wise man | day | about man | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | ||
| 2 | give | to-infinitive | every prince not said here | advice | prince | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient advice=Theme | |||
| 3 | regard | gerund | advice not said here | the affairs of prince's kingdom | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affair=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Project Gutenberg book 75089 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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